An increasing trend in this function implies that nodes with high-degree are prone to bind to other nodes with high-degree, in which case the network has assortative behavior.
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Analysis of pain research literature through keyword Co-occurrence networks.
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On the other hand, a decreasing trend shows that nodes with high-degree bind mostly to nodes with low-degree, in which case the network exhibits disassortative behavior [ 55 ].